Villagers kill GIGANTIC swollen snake they thought had eaten livestock... only to discover it was filled with scores of eggs

Huge snake killed because farmer thought swollen stomach was his stock[CN]

因怀疑大蛇吞下了农民的家畜，村民杀死了它。

Locals in Nigeria killed the snake and cut it open to find dozens of eggs[CN]

尼日利亚当地人杀死了蛇，剖开后发现了上打的蛇蛋。

Villagers in the West African country consider snakes' eggs a delicacy
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西非国家的村民视蛇蛋为美味佳肴。

Locals who killed a huge snake after suspecting it of having eaten a calf because of its swollen stomach discovered it was pregnant with dozens of eggs
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大蛇肚子鼓鼓，村民怀疑它吃了小牛，于是将它杀死，剖开后发现是它怀孕了，肚子全是蛋蛋。

Judging by the size of the snake, which appears to be almost a foot wide and several metres long, it looks like an anaconda. But with the species of anaconda restricted to South America, it is likely the pictured snake is an African rock python[CN]

从蛇的尺寸上看，将近一英尺宽，几米长，看起来像蟒蛇那么大。由于蟒蛇这物种仅限于南美地区，很有可能图中的蛇是非洲岩蟒。

There have been some reports of African rock pythons, which is the continent's biggest snake and one of the world's largest, growing up to a massive 6m in length[CN]

有一些关于非洲岩蟒的报道，这是非洲陆地上最大的蛇，属于世界最大蛇之一。最大可以长到6米长。

Locals who killed a huge snake after suspecting it of having eaten a calf because of its swollen stomach discovered it was pregnant with dozens of eggs.[CN]

大蛇肚子鼓鼓，村民怀疑它吃了小牛，于是将它杀死，剖开后发现是它怀孕了，肚子全是蛋蛋。

The incident happened in Nigeria where local media said the snake had been killed over accusations it had been feasting on farmers’ livestock.[CN]

这事发生在尼日利亚，当地媒体称，村民怀疑它生吞了家畜作为大餐，杀掉了它。

However as these images show, the snake was not overweight because of its last meal, it was actually pregnant.
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正如这些图片所述，这条蛇并不是最近吃了大餐才这么重的，而是怀孕了。

After being cut open, dozens of eggs were found and removed by locals who regard them as a rare delicacy. 

Although it was not clear what sort of snake it was, many snakes can produce up to 100 eggs at a time.

Online commentators seem to have little sympathy with the snake, with most pointing out that it was a good thing that around a hundred baby snakes would no longer be born.

Judging by the size of the snake, which appears to be almost a foot wide and several metres long, it looks like an anaconda. 

But with the species of anaconda restricted to South America, it is likely the pictured snake is an African rock python.

Males are typically smaller than females, who can grow up to and beyond 4.8m in length. 

There have been some reports of African rock pythons, which is the continent's biggest snake and one of the world's largest, growing up to a massive 6m in length. 

Less reliable sources from back in the 1950s claim one 7m pregnant python was killed with a 1.5m infant inside it and a second beast - measuring 7.5m - was also shot dead. 

Like all pythons, the African rock python is non-venomous and kills its prey by constriction.

After gripping the prey, the snake coils around it, tightening its coils every time the victim breathes out. 

Death is thought to be caused by cardiac arrest rather than by asphyxiation or crushing.

The African rock python feeds on a variety of large rodents, monkeys, warthog, antelopes, fruit bats, monitor lizards and even crocodiles in forest areas,

and on rats, poultry, dogs and goats in suburban areas. Occasionally, it may eat the cubs of big cats such as leopards, lions, and cheetahs and puppies of big dogs such as hyenas and cape-hunting dogs.